Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-17
TAKEN IN BY DUDES.
The Joke Played on Washington Cir
by Some Very Swell Swells.

The Joke Played on Washington Girl
by Some Very Swell SwelIs.
There are four or five dudes from New
York at well-known hotel in this city
They have made a considerable splurge a
the races each day, and the leader, o
course, is Berry Wall. Each of these
young men has his valet with him, and oc
cupy suite of apartments in the aforesaid
hotel, which are quite private and re
moved from the public part of the house
The other night, when Mr.. Wall was a
the theater with some friends, the rest O
the party concluded to have some fun
They were acquainted with two young la.
dies who live here, and are not adverse tC
taking supper with such well-known dude,
as composed the party-in fact, who are
willing to sup when any invitation is gwen
to repast at that hotel The four New
Workers then informed their Wallets that
they expected them to play a part in a
little scheme that evening. "You are tC
pretend that you are English lords, and
when these ladies come you are to take
them TO supper, order anything you want
and charge it to u.s."
Berry Wallis valet was in the scheme
and that evening at the appointed time the
servants appeared in their Sunday-go-to.
meeting clothes, arrayed exactly like their
masters, who think by putting on outland,
ish clothes and nonsensical ways that they
are the fac-similes of the nobleman of En-
gland, when, in fact, they only represent a
ridiculous class of Americans who have no
prototype in England.
When the girls arrived the masters in
hon lnte, { 7 O
and Duke This-and- That and the girls
were delighted. Like a great many fe-
males in this country, title caught them,''
to use slang expression, and they imme-
diately began to pay all attention to the
supposed English lords" Finally the
lords invited the girls to supper. The
tables had been set in the adjoining room
and the dudes had retired to another to
enjoy the sport. The Wallets, being left
alone, began to order up wine in a most
lavish manner, and once or twice the New
Workers were on the point of stopping the
whole performance when they noticed the
rate at which the waiter brought I'D the
Pommery Sec, but an interruption came in
a far different manner.
The theater was out, and "his majesty,
the king of the dudes" having seen his
lady friends home, returned to the hotel
He entered the banquet hall" and the
lights, together with the chatter of the
voices, somewhat dazed him for an instant
but he soon recovered himself, and the
first person his eyes fell upon was his valet
james, seated at the head of the table
with one of the fair damsels looking al
him in a most enchanting manner. Thi:
was too much for Berry, and in his mos
commanding voice he shouted out:
James p
The unfortunate James heard the voice
he knew so well, and habit gained the
mastery over him. He sprang to his feet
up went his hand to his head with a Jerk
characteristic with his class, and he ex
claimed
Yes, sir"
"Come here" said Mr.. Wall. "Takt
my overcoat."
The poor Lord James" was obliged tc
leave the side of his fair companion, ant
walked over rather sheepishly to Mr.. Wall
and taking his dripping coat, for it wa
raining outside, marched off to his apart
ment. The other Wallets were so1newha
disconnected by this incident, and roar O
laughter from the next room brought tn,
| girls to a. retaliation of what was reallythe
true state of the case. The scene that fol
lowed is better imagined than described
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